Recycling Centers

 

Battery Specialists

108 South 10th Street

Mt. Vernon, IL  62864

(618) 244-0091

 

Recycles:  motor vehicle batteries and Nickel-Cadmium rechargeable batteries

 

Secure Processors at Jefferson County Comprehensive Services
16352 North IL Highway 37
Mt. Vernon, IL  62864
(618) 242-7300

Recycles:  personal computers, monitors, laptops, printers, TVs, mobile phones, computer cables, mouse, keyboards, stand alone FAX machines, MP3 players, portable digital assistants, video game consoles, video cassette recorder/player recorder/player, digital video disk player or similar video devices, zip drives, scanners

Does NOT accept:  motor vehicle parts, appliances, electronic devices taken out of service from a commercial business or industry

Kendrick Paper Stock Company

1000 Salem Road

Mt. Vernon, IL  62864

(618) 242-4527

 

Recycles:  cardboard boxes, computer paper, copy paper, file folders, grocery bags, junk mail, magazines, newspapers, note book paper, office waste paper, phone books, shredded paper, time cards, detergent containers, dry cleaning bags, grocery sacks, juice bottles, ketchup bottles, liquid dish detergent, milk jugs, shrink wrap, soda bottles, sport drink & tea bottles, water bottles, windex bottles

 

Does NOT accept:  medical supplies, toys, solvent or motor oil containers, yogurt, margarine tubs, ice cream pails, flower and garden plastics, food storage & microwave containers, wax coated cartons, pill bottles

 

Moyer's Recycling

1015 South 10th Street

Mt. Vernon, IL  62864

(618) 242-1279

 

Recycles:  cans, aluminum siding, copper, brass, and storm doors without glass

 

Ripped to Shreds

13 Industrial Drive

Mt. Vernon, IL  62864

(618) 241-9481

 

Provides document destruction services.  Handles destruction of confidential and sensitive documents as well as any office waste.

 

Recycles:  Everything they shred.

 

Shapiro Brothers of Illinois

510 South 6th Street

Mt. Vernon, IL  62864

(618) 244-3168

 

Recycles:  car bodies, farm machinery, white goods (washers, dryers, stoves, etc.), coal mining equipment, aluminum (including cans), copper, brass, magnesium, and catalytic converters